Canadian-born cellist Caroline Stinson, the new cellist in the Ciompi Quartet, will present her first concert as member of the Quartet on a program of works that celebrate and highlight the beauty of her sonorous string instrument through music based on folk songs and the art of variation. Stinson has been a member of the Lark Quartet since 2008 and previously a member of the Cassatt Quartet, she taught cello and chamber music at Syracuse University from 2004-2013 and in the Juilliard Pre-College and Music Advancement Programs in New York from 2012-2018. Guest artists Nurit Pacht (violin) and Kathryn Lockwood (viola) will join her on this program. PROGRAM: Witold Lutoslawski: Bukoliki (Bucolics), for viola and cello; Andrew Waggoner: ...il ne rest que vous...(there is no one left but you), for violin and cello; Erwin Schulhof: Duo for violin and cello; J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988, for String Trio